Zen and the Birds of Appetite
by Thomas Merton | 
The Way of Zen
by Alan Watts | 
The Three Pillars of Zen
by Philip Kapleau | 
Everyday Zen
by Charlotte Joko Beck | 
Revelations of Divine Love
by Julian of Norwich | 
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
by Shunryu Suzuki |
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
by D. T. Suzuki | 
Disputed Questions
by Thomas Merton | 
New Seeds of Contemplation
by Thomas Merton | 
No Man Is an Island
by Thomas Merton | 
Thoughts In Solitude
by Thomas Merton | 
Contemplative Prayer
by Thomas Merton | 
The One Thing Is Three
by Michael E. Gaitley | 
Who Am I To Judge?
by Edward Sri |
Meditation and Kabbalah
by Aryeh Kaplan | 
Lament for a Son
by Nicholas Wolterstorff | 
Five Proofs of the Existence of God
by Edward Feser | 
Insecurity of Freedom
by Abraham Joshua Heschel |
Transformation in Christ
by Dietrich Von Hildebrand | 
The Last Superstition
by Edward Feser |
Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton not only studied these religions from the outside but grasped them by empathy and living participation from within. "All these studies," wrote Merton, "are united by one central concern: to understand various ways in which men of different traditions have conceived the meaning and method of the 'way' which leads to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness."